Michalakus Plisko, 1996

Plisko, Jadwiga Danuta, 2003, Eleven new South African earthworms (Oligochaeta: Microchaetidae) with new information on some known species, and an inventory of the microchaetids of KwaZulu-Natal, African Invertebrates 44 (2), pp. 279-325 : 292

Michalakus Plisko, 1996

Michalakus Plisko, 1996 a: 289 .

Type species: M. initus by original designation. Type depository: Natal Museum , Pietermaritzburg, South Africa .

One species, endemic to KwaZulu­Natal.

Collection sites are shown in Fig. 1 .

Holandric, with two oesophageal gizzards in segment 7 and 9, and one pair of nephridia per segment.

Figures

Fig. 1. The distribution of species of Microchaetus and Michalakus in KZN. Microchaetus: 1 = ambitus; 2 = caementerii; 3 = distasmosus; 4 = griphus; 5 = herberti; 6 = idechoritus; 7 = mkuzi; 8 = natalensis; 9 = papillatus; 10 = parvus; 11 = pondoanus; 12 = quaerus; 13 = tuberosus; 14 = vernoni; 15 = zaloumisi; 16 = Michalakus initus.